Hair-waving device



Au 11, 1925. I I A. FROMAGER ET AL HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed Nov. 29. 1924 Inventors I [Jae/ III.

Attorney 50 The invention is fully disclose.

Patented Aug. 11, 192E.

a, a ,ne

ALBERT FROMAGER AND GEORGES LEG'UILLIEPI, F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

HAIB-WAVING- DEVICE.

Application filed November 29, 1924. Serial No. 752,886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it" known that we, ALBERT FnoMAenR, a British subject, and Gnonens Lnsuinmnn, a citizen of France, both residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Waving Devices; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

The present invention pertains to a novel hair waving device adapted for application particularly to ladies hair..

Devices for this purpose, now known in the art, comprise a rounded curling iron and a means, such as a fork, for holding the hair tightened against the iron. The latter is so constructed as to impart a wave to the hair. A wave perpendicular to the wave caused by the iron is formed by holding the hair in one hand and shifting the entire de vice longiti'idinally with the other hand.

This operation requires considerable practice in order to be edective and is, moreover, very tiresome to the operator.

The object of this invention is to eliminate the above mentioned defects. In the accomplishment of this object, a back plate is slidablycarried by the curling iron and is formed with a pair of combs lying alongside and spaced from the edges of the iron. This plate is shifted by means of a suitable finger piece and may be actuated at will. There is further provided a fork, the fingers of which are receivable between the combs and the edges of the curling iron which is grooved for holding the hair in 60 the device by binding it against the curling iron and back plate. The iron is heated to the proper temperature by means of an internal heating element, and the hair is placed across the grooved curling iron and combs. It is then clamped in the device by means of a fork, and the back plate carrying the combs is shifted at suitable intervals in order to form a wave perpendicular to that formed by the curling iron alone.

in the following description and in the accompauying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device;

Figure 2 is plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view;

Figure 4i is a side elevation; and,

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 2.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

The device has essentially the construction of a pair of tongs comprising a handle 1 from which extends a tube 2, a clip 3 secured to the tube, a fork 1 pivoted to the clip and carrying a handle 5 which lies alongside the handle 1. The fork is bent as at 6 in such a manner that the fingers 7 thereof are adapted to lie at opposite sides of and parallel to the tube 2. The tube carries a curling iron 8 also adapted to be straddled by the fingers of the fork. The iron 8 contains a heating element (not shown) to which current is supplied from a conductor 9 passed through the handle 1 and and tube The iron is substantially semicylindrical in shape and has aplurality of transverse grooves 10 formed on its curved surface for the purpose of holding the hair to be waved.

The flat surface of the iron 8 is engaged by a back plate 11 having a longitudinal slot 12 through which headed pins 13 extend from the flat surface. In this main ner the plate 11 is slidably .secured to the iron. The longitudinal edges of the plate are formed with comb members 14 lying parallel to the longitudinal edges of the iron 8 and spaced from these edges at such a distance that the fingers 7 of the fork may be received between the edges of the iron and the combs 14: as illustrated in Figures 2 and 41.

To the tube 2 is pivoted a finger piece 15 lying perpendicular to the clip 3. The fingcr piece is connected to the lower end of the back plate 11 by means of a link 16 pivoted to bbth these members. It will be obvious that the back plate carrying the combs may be slid longitudinally of the iron and fork by actuation of the finger piece 15.

In the use of the device, the fork is lifted from the iron, as in Figure 1, and the hair to be waved is laid lengthwise over the iron and between the teeth of the combs. The handles 1 and 5 are now brought together to insert the fingers of the fork between the combs and the edges of the iron. The latter, having been previously heated to a sultable temperature by current flowing through the conductor 9, is held for the proper length of time in contact with the hair gripped between the back 11 and the fingers 7. The finger piece 15. is occasionally actuated to shift the back longitudinally of the iron, thereby to introduce in the hair a wave perpendicular to that formed by the grooves 10 in the curling iron. The shifting fork thus avoids the necessity of holding the iron in one hand and shifting the entire device with the other hand, as is necessary in the use of the devices now known in the art.

While a specific embodiment of the inven tion has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the inby Letters Patent is vention as indicated by the appended claims. Having thus fully described the invention, what we clann as new and desire to protect l. A hair Waving device comprising a handle, a grooved curling iron carried thereby, a back plate supported by said iron for sliding along the same, combs formed along the edges of said plate and spaced from the edges of said iron, a second handle pivotally mounted with respect to the first handle, a fork carried by said second handle, the fingers of said fork being receivable between the combs and the edges of the iron.

2. A hair waving device comprising a handle, a grooved curling iron carried thereby, a back plate supported by said iron for sliding along the same, combs formed along the edges of said plate and spaced from the edges of said iron, a second handle pivot ally mounted with respect to the first handle,

a fork carried by said second handle, the fingers of said fork being receivable between the combs and the edges of the iron, a finger piece pivoted to one of said handles, and a link connecting said linger piece to the back plate.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

ALBERT FROMAGER. GEORGES LEGUILLIER. 

